Liability Driven Investment

UK/NETHERLANDS - The number of pension plans adopting liability driven investing strategies has remained robust over the past year, with schemes in the UK and Netherlands leading the way, SEI says.

The number of pension plans adopting liability driven investing strategies has remained robust over the past year, with schemes in the UK and Netherlands leading the way, SEI says.

Pension funds are taking an increasingly tactical approach to liability driven investment hedging, F&C says.

GLOBAL - Pension funds in North America and Europe have different definitions of volatility and generally different approaches to dealing with those swings, a new report by Pyramis Global Advisors reveals.

Concerns over the demand for index-linked gilts following the decision to use CPI for pension increases have been exaggerated, F&C says.

Corporate pension funds in the UK and overseas are continuing to move towards liability driven investment strategies, the Investment Management Association says.

GLOBAL - Corporate pension funds are continuing to move towards liability driven investment strategies, the Investment Management Association said.

About half of all UK pension schemes have adopted a liability driven investment strategy in the wake of volatile markets, F&C Investments says.

ITALY - The financial crisis has shown the relative strength of the country's second pillar pension system in comparison with other forms of savings, Schroders' head of distribution for Italy Luca Tenani has said.

Giovanni Legorano speaks to Robert Gardner, co-founder and co-chief executive at Redington. Gardner takes us through some of the issues and opportunities pension funds are dealing with in the current market environment: inflation, the evolution of liability...